The Los Angeles Unified School District has implemented a new student grading policy: none of the district's 472,000 students will get an "F" this semester. No overall grade will drop lower than where it stood in March, when the coronavirus pandemic forced campuses to close. By instituting a "no-fail" grading policy, did LAUSD effectively end her students' semester? 

<p>The Los Angeles Unified School District has implemented a <a href="https://laist.com/latest/post/20200413/lausd-campus-shutdown-school-year-end-coronavirus">new student grading policy</a>: none of the district's 472,000 students will get an "F" this semester. No overall grade will drop lower than where it stood in March, when the coronavirus pandemic <a href="https://laist.com/2020/03/13/lausd_cancels_classes_starting_monday.php">forced campuses to close</a>. By instituting a "no-fail" grading policy, did LAUSD effectively end her students' semester?&nbsp;</p>

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